TWOC challenges BMA claim of majority at mill contract
Representatives of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee say they will contest the Borden Mill Employes’ Association majority claim. A check of 1095 association cards entered in NLRB records shows 734 members listed on Aug 4 after 21 were stricken. The NLRB will decide which union gains certification, potentially voiding the current contract if the association lacked a 51 percent majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Textile Workers’ Organizing Committee
Borden Mill Employes’ Association
National Labor Relations Board
TWOC
NLRB
Association
George H. Hughes
E. C. Cross
James G. Ewell
Weather outlook for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight then rain in extreme west late tonight or Friday and in east and central Friday. Warmer in east Friday, colder Friday night, and in west portions late Friday afternoon. Virginia sees fair and colder tonight and Friday, then rising temperatures with interior rain Friday night.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Six Escapees Still Free From Brushy Mountain Prison
Nashville dispatch reports Warden Scott Swafford informing Welfare Commissioner George Cate that of 27 inmates who escaped Brushy Mountain prison in 1937, six remain at large while a seventh is held in a North Carolina jail. He notes 20 escapes occurred after January 15, 1937, since the administration began handling the institute, and 110 gains freedom in 1936.
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Nashville
Brushy Mountain Prison
Scott Swafford
George Cate
North Carolina
Swafford
Ten Miners Die in Harwich Mine Blast Near Pittsburgh
Weary rescue crews retrieved the last body of ten men killed in an explosion at the Harwich mine two miles back in the pit. State mine inspectors planned to go down to determine the blast cause as 35 men worked to clear a wrecked passageway. All victims were married and many were fathers. names include Frank Ciesielski Anthony Weiner John Kruszek Joseph Lerch Doss Nicholas Thomas Keffer Joseph Koprivinkar Frank Harpster Joe Prelesnik and Matt Anderson.
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Pittsburgh
Harwich
Frank Ciesielski
Anthony Weiner
John Kruszek
Joseph Lerch
Doss Nicholas
Thomas Keffer
Joseph Koprivinkar
Frank Harpster
Joe Prelesnik
Matt Anderson
U S May Strengthen Border Of Canada Against Invasion
A report from Ottawa suggests the United States may fortify the 3900 mile border to guard against invasion if Canada fails to bolster coastal defenses. Canada plans fortifications on the Pacific coast at Esquimalt Vancouver and York Island with reinforced air patrols, while Washington calls the claim hot air. The discussion reflects anxieties of the era amid major powers flexing military strength.
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Sociated
New York
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Dominion
Washington
Pacific
Esquimault
Vancouver
York Island
Dean Noe Starves Himself For A Year On Oranges
Very Rev Israel Harding Noe, 46, dean of St Marys Cathedral in Memphis, has survived since Dec 23, 1936 on oranges alone. Since Jan 2 1938 he has had no food and almost no water except the communion wafer and wine three times weekly. Doctors fear collapse may come at any hour as he continues his austere fasting.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Memphis
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's
Episcopal Church
Dean Noe
Chautemps Seeks Confidence Vote in France’s Crisis
Premier Camille Chautemps prepared to address the Chamber of Deputies and seek a vote of confidence over labor and financial woes and their impact on the foreign exchange market. The franc weakened in Paris London and New York as stabilization funds moved to support France. In Madrid a subway disaster reportedly killed 500 to 600.
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Associated Press
Camille Chautemps
France
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
London
New York
Madrid
Europe
Italy
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Spain
Teruel
Kurt Schauschnigg
Rome
Budapest
All Hope Is Lost for Plane Crew in Pacific Crash
Pago Pago. Jan 13. The Avocet recovered charred fragments from the giant Samoan clipper and its seven crew after an all day search off Pago Pago. Internal explosions showed in every item. bodies of Capt. Edwin C. Musick and crew are not expected to be recovered from shark-infested waters. The plane, starting from Auckland, New Zealand, burned during fuel dump before a planned landing.
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Pago Pago
Samoa
Avocet
Edwin C. Musick
Pan American Airways
Auckland
N. Z
Roosevelt weighed curtailing credit in auto sales
President Roosevelt discussed with business leaders measures to curb installment buying. He suggested limiting auto credit to 25 percent, a proposal opposed by Alfred Sloan Jr. and GM. Others at the meeting included Ernest T. Weir, Lewis Brown, M. W. Clement, and Colby Chester.
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W.shington
Roosevelt
Todev
Alfred F. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Sloane
Mr. Roosevelt
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Lewis Brown
Johns Manville
M. W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Colby Chester
General Foods Corporation
Poison Mistake Causes Accidental Poisonings in Medicine Closets
Most poison deaths stem from accidental ingestion when poison is mistaken for harmless drugs in medicine closets, despite intent to harm being rare in such cases.
Attorney admits part in forging bonds in Nashville case
Terry Wright former Lexington attorney testified in court that he helped forge 104 Henderson county bonds with $1000 face value sold to Col Luke Lea. Bonds were printed and signatures forged earning $31200 but Wright says most funds went to expenses. He said he did not reveal to Lea the forgeries and created two fictional agents. Wright testified as a state witness in the Lamping and Ste trial.
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Nashville
Terry Wright
Lexington
Henderson County
Col
Luke Lea
Wright
Lea
Johnson
Young
J. L. Lamping
Maxwell Lamping
Roscoe Ste
Walling Faces New Conspiracy Charge In Dynamite Deaths
W L Walling sheriff of Bledsoe county is rearrested on a conspiracy charge tied to the dynamite deaths of three Hampton children. Myrtle and Walter Ferguson, held as witnesses, are re jailed after bail. Pikeville officers including Mae Tollett face hearings.
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Times
Elizabethton
W.L. Walling
Bledsoe County
Hampton
Carter County
Myrtle
Walter Ferguson
J. M. Moreland
Here
Jonesboro
Walling
Pikeville
Mae Tollett
Crave
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Ben Allen
Sheriff Walling
Chattanooga
Moreland
Tollett Brothers
Labor woes loom as Paris premier vows action
Paris reports Premier Camille Chautemps told the chamber of deputies he is confident grave labor and monetary problems will be solved soon. The brief dispatch notes a global sense of urgency amid France's economic strife.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Chamber of Deputies
France
Father and daughter tragedy ends in murder suicide in Scottdale
In Scottdale Pennsylvania a 47 year old Nelson Meese and his 17 year old daughter Nellie were found dead in the Hollis home. Coroner Dr H Albert McMurray ruled murder and death by own action after letters suggested a romantic relationship beginning after Nellie’s birth.
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Scottdale
Pearl Hollis
H. Albert McMurray
Nelson Meese
Nellie
Meese
Mrs Cox Faces Highest Penalty In Her Murder Trial
Mrs Myrtle Mitchell Cox faces a possible first degree murder penalty in her upcoming trial for killing her father W H Mitchell a Rye Cove farmer. The Commonwealth Attorney Hagan Richmond said the state may seek the death penalty if evidence warrants while the penalty for first degree murder ranges from 20 years to the electric chair. If imposed she would be the first woman and second person in Scott county to be executed since the electric chair supplanted the gallows. The indictment stems from blows to the head leading to Mitchell’s death.
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the Times
Gate City
Myrtle Mitchell Cox
Commonwealth
Hagan Richmond
Scott County
Cox
W. H. Mitchell
Rye Cove
Mitchell
H. K. McConnell
A. McG. Wallace
Scott
Caraway denounces anti lynching bill as insult to the South
Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas condemns the anti lynching bill calling it a gratuitous insult to the South. She says she opposes lynchings and warns the measure unconstitutional and aimed at Southern influence. Other leaders predict debate will shape party lines and court nomination politics ahead of Roosevelt's selections.
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Washington
Senate
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
South
Caraway
Glass
D.-Va
Connally
D.-Tex
Roosevelt
Justice Sutherland
Supreme Court
Bailey
D.-N.c
McKellar seeks inquiry into Social Security fund uses in Tennessee
Senator McKellar releases letters to the Social Security Board requesting investigations into alleged improper uses of Social Security funds in Tennessee. He cites charges of jobs for lawmakers or relatives and calls for federal control over employment of SSA workers in states funded by federal money.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
D.-Tenn
Social Security Board
Tennessee
McKellar
Tennessee Labor Commissioner
Mary Dewson
The
E. W. Hale
Memphis
Tennessee Social Security Organization
Hale
Gordon Browning
U. S
Public
Houchlin Akin
Madison County
Cayce Williams
Weakley County
James Dixon
Haywood County
Elijah Tollett
Cumberland County
James Vines
Washington County
Caroline O'Dell
Cocke County
Alex Gray
Brownsville
Tollett
Vines
Browning
O'Dell
Miss Dewson
Pedestrian Sought After Downtown Hit and Run
Salt Lake City police hunt for a pedestrian who struck and injured 80 year old Mrs. D. D. Richards on a downtown sidewalk. Richards was hospitalized after the collision.
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Salt Lake City
D. D. Richards
Birth Is On Record But Death Left Out
Phoenix Arizona January 13 A Los Angeles film studio Warner Brothers asked for copies of birth and death certificates for Arizona. State health chief Dr Coit I Hughes said Arizona was born in 1912 but there is no suggestion the state is dead.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Los Angeles
Murder Cases Head Docket For Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan circuit court opens its January term in Blountville with two murder trials on the docket. G R Little faces first degree murder charges in the death of James Bullion in Cooks Valley. Marshall Beverley is charged with murder in the death of 15 year old Times carrier William Dean after an auto strike on December 23.
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G. R. Little
James Bullion
Cooks Valley
Sullivan
Blountville
Little
Marshall Beverley
William Dean
Dean
Bev
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Bozeman
Mont
Anna Hauptmann
Thomas E. Dewey
Green
Boston
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Buffalo
N. Y
Annie Klein
Annie
Mrs. Cox
Bill
Woman Solon
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